Letter: Congress, not Obama, is the failure

During the course of several days, the news was filled with the world events, including the recent release of a longtime U.S Army captive.

Our so-called representatives made a big deal of this by stating that what was done was illegal and that they to start an investigation.

This is another case of Congress avoiding real work to gain votes with another issue to fire up the public. Congress has been our failure, as we have kept them in office because of their promises and often outright lies.

I know many people will disagree with me, and thatís OK, but the fact remains that we have tended to turn a blind ear to what our elected representatives tell us and what they actually do.

Look at the past years. Congress has fought the president on issues that affect us in big ways and made these issues out as bad for all of us. They added insult to injury by ignoring their real duties of making practical and realistic laws.

They have allowed the laws of the land to be subverted, while their focus has been to hack up the Affordable Care Act instead of doing what they should have done initially by participating in the process to make it better.

If you believe the president is wrong, then you should hate Congress. They have been in place for two decades and have gone steadily downhill, dragging us with them.

If your issue has to do with religion, race or ethnicity, rather than the ineffectiveness of Congressmen, then you are probably beyond help until you arrive in the here and now.